The previous chapters explored cybercriminal activities associated with computer intrusion
and manipulation, which are generally labelled as hacking. This chapter critically explores …

This research note reports on an empirical investigation of the effect of the Internet on racial
hate crimes in the United States from the period 2001–2008. We find evidence that, on …

Online hacker forums offer a prominent avenue for sharing hacking knowledge. Using a field
dataset culled from multiple sources, we find that online discussion of distributed denial of …

This book considers institutional racism as a problem that exists within modern societies. Its
roots lie with the transatlantic slave trade and slavery and the solution involves ridding …

The development of the Internet provides social spaces that enable users to promote race
hate. It is argued that race hate hurts but its victims are relatively powerless in the face of this …

The present study aimed to determine a group of tertiary level Internet users' knowledge of
how to react to cyberhate in relation to certain independent variables such as gender …

It is widely acknowledged that the internet impacts on our lives in ever more ways. This is
particularly true for young people, arguably the group most connected online. It is becoming …

This study used factor analysis, logistic and multinomial logistic regression analysis to
evaluate the effects of an individual's level of commitment to far-right extremism on his/her …

Paid placement, where advertisers bid payments to a search engine to have their products
appear next to keyword search results, has emerged as a predominant form of advertising …